Best Hip-Hop Proverbs

289 Hip-Hop quotes by 180 unique authors

One of the things people don't really recognise about the similarities between country and hip-hop is that they're celebrations of pride in a lifestyle. — Taylor Swift
Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to elevate consciousness. — Saul Williams
What's wrong with hip-hop is the system that controls the definition of it. There needs to be more balance on the airwaves. — Saul Williams
I remember back in the day when Chuck D called hip-hop the 'black people's CNN.' Well now, hip-hop is more like Fox News. It's biased,… — Saul Williams
The jazz I love is sweet and pure with raw elements, which is exactly what the good hip-hop is doing now. — Amy Winehouse
Hip-hop was fast, originally. It was always fast music. — will.i.am
Hip-hop is limiting itself and that also goes for editorially. Magazines and websites are the gatekeepers of what people think hip-hop is, but they actually… — will.i.am
Hip-hop has globalized a conception of blackness that has had a political impact, whether or not it had a political intent. — Michael Eric Dyson
Hip-hop is about the brilliance of pavement poetry. — Michael Eric Dyson
Body piercing and baggy clothes express identity among black youth, and not just beginning with hip-hop culture. Moreover, young black entrepreneurs like Sean 'P. Diddy'… — Michael Eric Dyson
If you take a guy like a Barack Obama, who's raised millions of dollars from the most donors in the history of this nation, it… — Michael Eric Dyson
I don't take modern hip-hop as real. It's entertaining, it's fake, like James Bond. — Emmanuel Jal
Hip-hop has been hijacked by a Luciferian conspiracy. People have used hip-hop in a lot of ways that cause a lot of mind problems. They… — Afrika Bambaataa
I started dancing when I was 3 in Toledo, Ohio, and started hip-hop dancing at the age of 7. — Alyson Stoner
Hip-hop artists, especially the older ones, are the ones who knew hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are… — Nas
My greatest contribution to hip-hop was allowing the United States of America to know and understand exactly how far they reach, and how influential they… — Unknown Author
If you watch wrestling, you now know the hip-hop culture is being represented with wrestling. For the longest time, the cultures have almost been parallel. — John Cena
I was the only punk rocker at my high school. And there were at least a handful of black kids who liked hip-hop. Both were… — Rick Rubin
Michael Jackson carried urban America and eventually American society on his vocal cords for a good 25 to 30 years before even hip-hop became the… — Michael Eric Dyson
Hip-hop is all over the planet. — Herbie Hancock
I think hip-hop is no more misogynistic than America is as a society. I just think hip-hop is a lot more brash, a lot more… — Talib Kweli
I tour whether I have album out or not. I tour more than any other hip-hop artist. — Talib Kweli
As a kid, I was listening to Aretha Franklin, Etta James and hip-hop as well as music my parents were listening to, like Joni Mitchell… — Alanis Morissette
I always felt really alone because no one wanted to talk about the things that I enjoyed, and that was really rap music and hip-hop… — Iggy Azalea
Hip-hop is a voice for voiceless poor people. — Russell Simmons

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